2024 Music Survey
Hello New Lifers!
It is important for us to create a music experience that blesses everyone in the church. The purpose of our yearly survey is to hear from everyone about their favorites and suggestions for new songs. It helps us create worship services where people know the music being sung and can participate fully. We hope you will take the survey and listen to the music presented each week in this blog so you can experience God's presence fully.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QHH5JPJ
As an aside, we got one interesting comment I wanted to address. In response to the question about new songs, a participant wrote, "None, there’s been stuff that’s new to church that we are still learning." I wanted to share the process by which we add new music. First, all of the songs have been suggestions by other members of the church. Second, there is a four step process:
1. We pray over which song to add and assess it for theological appropriateness and singability.
2. We put the song in this blog for four weeks so people can listen to it to become familiar with it.
3. We do the song for three weeks at the end of the service so people can hear it and become familiar with it.
4. We do the song in the music set for three weeks in a row so people can worship with it and become familiar with it.
Once we're done with all that, it is added to our worship rotation. We do not spring new music on the congregation ever. In 2024, we've added exactly seven songs...in 52 weeks.
SONGS FOR SUNDAY
Trading My Sorrows
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbUlzXTKIKU
Fear of God
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFRLYSNvGZ0
Come Alive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF6HlhGy3LM
It Is Well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_EE1dnr0DA
...and we are learning
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